Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 87 53
Rank change year-on-year -23 -34 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,202 1,981 2,552
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.22% 3.03% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.54% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 792 1,132 2,007
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,746
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,531 55,918 47,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.16% 85.44% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,749 29,151 36,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £99,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -18 1,121 £77,500 +10.71% 413
London +9 652 £85,000 - 214
UK excluding London -76 506 £70,000 +7.69% 315
Work from Home -21 499 £75,000 +11.11% 233
North of England -17 205 £70,000 +14.37% 59
North West +3 126 £70,000 +12.00% 38
South East -91 107 £70,000 +3.70% 130
Midlands +9 67 £72,500 +11.54% 41
Yorkshire -22 66 £75,000 +22.54% 12
South West -43 53 £62,500 - 45
Scotland -46 43 £66,000 +1.54% 20
West Midlands +26 39 £70,000 +7.69% 27
East of England -14 30 £77,500 +26.53% 17
East Midlands +6 26 £77,500 +19.23% 12
North East -10 13 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Wales -8 5 £55,200 +0.36% 6
Northern Ireland -14 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (2.00%) Apache
3 23 (1.91%) Confluence
4 22 (1.83%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 12 (1.00%) CMS
7 11 (0.92%) JBoss
8 9 (0.75%) Appian
9 8 (0.67%) nginx
9 8 (0.67%) OpenStack
10 7 (0.58%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.42%) IIS
12 4 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.083%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.083%) ColdFusion
15 1 (0.083%) Headless CMS
15 1 (0.083%) NServiceBus
15 1 (0.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (1.58%) Maya
2 11 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.083%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.75%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.67%) Endur
4 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.25%) Shopify
7 1 (0.083%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.083%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.083%) Quorum
7 1 (0.083%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.083%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 635 (52.83%) AWS
2 571 (47.50%) Azure
3 195 (16.22%) GCP
4 178 (14.81%) Serverless
5 149 (12.40%) SaaS
6 125 (10.40%) GitHub
7 117 (9.73%) Azure DevOps
8 83 (6.91%) Amazon EKS
9 70 (5.82%) Amazon S3
10 67 (5.57%) Amazon ECS
11 62 (5.16%) AWS Lambda
12 60 (4.99%) PaaS
13 55 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
14 44 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
15 42 (3.49%) Amazon SQS
16 40 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
17 39 (3.24%) IaaS
18 38 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
19 36 (3.00%) Power Platform
20 32 (2.66%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.92%) Network Security
2 10 (0.83%) HTTP
3 8 (0.67%) AMQP
4 5 (0.42%) Firewall
4 5 (0.42%) Internet
4 5 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.25%) Broadband
5 3 (0.25%) Multicast
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) SNMP
7 1 (0.083%) DNS
7 1 (0.083%) MQTT
7 1 (0.083%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.083%) SSL
7 1 (0.083%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (13.39%) NoSQL
2 158 (13.14%) PostgreSQL
3 147 (12.23%) MongoDB
4 131 (10.90%) SQL Server
5 79 (6.57%) Relational Database
6 57 (4.74%) MySQL
7 56 (4.66%) DynamoDB
8 50 (4.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 45 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (2.41%) Big Data
11 27 (2.25%) Redis
12 26 (2.16%) RDBMS
13 25 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
14 21 (1.75%) Power BI
15 16 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
16 14 (1.16%) Data Lake
16 14 (1.16%) Tableau
17 11 (0.92%) DB2
18 8 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
18 8 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 155 (12.90%) Git
2 120 (9.98%) Jenkins
3 53 (4.41%) JIRA
4 49 (4.08%) JUnit
5 47 (3.91%) GitLab
6 41 (3.41%) Selenium
7 34 (2.83%) Cucumber
8 32 (2.66%) JMeter
9 31 (2.58%) Mockito
10 23 (1.91%) TeamCity
11 17 (1.41%) Bitbucket
12 16 (1.33%) Cypress.io
12 16 (1.33%) Maven
13 15 (1.25%) CircleCI
14 14 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
15 11 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (0.83%) git-flow
16 10 (0.83%) Postman
17 8 (0.67%) LoadRunner
17 8 (0.67%) SonarQube
General
1 370 (30.78%) Finance
2 342 (28.45%) Social Skills
3 152 (12.65%) Law
4 145 (12.06%) Banking
5 107 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 86 (7.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (5.99%) Public Sector
8 62 (5.16%) Retail
9 52 (4.33%) Marketing
10 49 (4.08%) Financial Institution
11 44 (3.66%) Games
12 32 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (2.58%) Billing
14 30 (2.50%) French Language
15 29 (2.41%) Dutch Language
16 27 (2.25%) Legal
17 26 (2.16%) Back Office
17 26 (2.16%) Telecoms
18 20 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
19 18 (1.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 398 (33.11%) Developer
2 263 (21.88%) Senior
3 238 (19.80%) Software Engineer
4 235 (19.55%) Architect
5 205 (17.05%) Lead
6 117 (9.73%) Solutions Architect
7 104 (8.65%) .NET Developer
7 104 (8.65%) Java Developer
8 81 (6.74%) Java Engineer
9 79 (6.57%) Senior Developer
10 75 (6.24%) Full-Stack Developer
11 69 (5.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 63 (5.24%) Lead Developer
13 59 (4.91%) Java Software Engineer
14 51 (4.24%) Software Developer
15 47 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 42 (3.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 40 (3.33%) Lead Architect
18 39 (3.24%) Principal Engineer
18 39 (3.24%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 314 (26.12%) .NET
2 259 (21.55%) React
3 249 (20.72%) RESTful
4 214 (17.80%) Spring
5 196 (16.31%) REST
6 193 (16.06%) Kafka
7 184 (15.31%) Spring Boot
8 144 (11.98%) AngularJS
9 127 (10.57%) Node.js
10 124 (10.32%) .NET Core
11 112 (9.32%) HTML
12 77 (6.41%) CSS
13 76 (6.32%) .NET Framework
14 71 (5.91%) ASP.NET
15 66 (5.49%) ASP.NET Web API
16 62 (5.16%) Hibernate
16 62 (5.16%) RabbitMQ
17 59 (4.91%) Entity Framework
17 59 (4.91%) Web Services
18 56 (4.66%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 344 (28.62%) Cloud Native
2 180 (14.98%) Distributed Systems
3 112 (9.32%) Enterprise Software
4 103 (8.57%) Product Ownership
5 56 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (3.33%) Virtual Team
8 35 (2.91%) Algorithms
9 30 (2.50%) Onboarding
9 30 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (2.33%) Data Structures
11 27 (2.25%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.08%) Distributed Architecture
13 24 (2.00%) AI Agents
14 23 (1.91%) Management Information System
15 21 (1.75%) Mobile App
16 20 (1.66%) Blockchain
17 17 (1.41%) Low-Code
18 16 (1.33%) IoT
19 14 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.74%) Linux
2 28 (2.33%) Windows
3 16 (1.33%) Android
4 9 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.25%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) CentOS
7 2 (0.17%) Debian
7 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.083%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (52.00%) Agile
2 548 (45.59%) CI/CD
3 483 (40.18%) DevOps
4 399 (33.19%) Software Engineering
5 254 (21.13%) Containerisation
6 253 (21.05%) Full-Stack Development
7 249 (20.72%) AI
8 234 (19.47%) Mentoring
9 231 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
10 201 (16.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 199 (16.56%) Event-Driven
12 174 (14.48%) Roadmaps
12 174 (14.48%) TDD
13 158 (13.14%) SDLC
14 154 (12.81%) Computer Science
14 154 (12.81%) Test Automation
15 145 (12.06%) Scrum
16 136 (11.31%) Architectural Patterns
16 136 (11.31%) Technical Leadership
17 133 (11.06%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 422 (35.11%) Java
2 319 (26.54%) C#
3 289 (24.04%) Python
4 283 (23.54%) SQL
5 255 (21.21%) JavaScript
6 189 (15.72%) TypeScript
7 54 (4.49%) Go
8 40 (3.33%) Shell Script
9 34 (2.83%) Kotlin
10 25 (2.08%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.75%) PHP
12 18 (1.50%) Rust
13 17 (1.41%) C++
14 16 (1.33%) PowerShell
15 15 (1.25%) C
16 14 (1.16%) Ruby
16 14 (1.16%) Scala
17 12 (1.00%) Bash
18 8 (0.67%) Bicep
19 6 (0.50%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 187 (15.56%) Degree
2 111 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 91 (7.57%) Security Cleared
4 68 (5.66%) SC Cleared
5 65 (5.41%) AWS Certification
6 57 (4.74%) Master's Degree
7 38 (3.16%) Azure Certification
8 37 (3.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 35 (2.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.92%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (0.92%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.75%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.75%) PMP
13 7 (0.58%) CISM
13 7 (0.58%) CISSP
14 6 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.42%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.49%) QA
2 28 (2.33%) GDPR
3 24 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.33%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.92%) SLA
6 10 (0.83%) IFRS
6 10 (0.83%) NIST
7 9 (0.75%) IFRS 17
7 9 (0.75%) Solvency II
8 8 (0.67%) EMIR
8 8 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.58%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.42%) SEPA
11 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 3 (0.25%) WCAG
13 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 358 (29.78%) Docker
2 14 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) HDFS
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.083%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 372 (30.95%) Kubernetes
2 160 (13.31%) Terraform
3 49 (4.08%) Grafana
4 40 (3.33%) Ansible
5 30 (2.50%) Kibana
6 24 (2.00%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (1.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.33%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.33%) Puppet
10 2 (0.17%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 2 (0.17%) Mesos
11 1 (0.083%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.083%) Nagios
11 1 (0.083%) Rancher
Vendors
1 192 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.16%) Oracle
3 35 (2.91%) Guidewire
4 27 (2.25%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.16%) SAP
5 26 (2.16%) Splunk
6 25 (2.08%) Dynatrace
6 25 (2.08%) Google
7 19 (1.58%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.33%) BiZZdesign
9 15 (1.25%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.00%) Duck Creek
11 11 (0.92%) IBM
12 10 (0.83%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.83%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.83%) Palo Alto
12 10 (0.83%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.75%) Red Hat
13 9 (0.75%) Software AG